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Long Street Cultural Wall Unveiling the Artists’ Concepts

June 21, 2012

Welcome

Brad Jones, PE Project Manager, ODOT, Columbus Crossroads Marie Keister, AICP Columbus Crossroads Public Involvement Team Bettye Stull Curatorial Consultant, King Arts Complex The Artists: Larry Winston Collins Kojo Kamau

Purpose/Agenda

Purpose: Meet the artists, unveil their concepts for the one-of-its-kind Long Street Cultural Wall, answer your questions and listen to your comments. Agenda

• Overview
• Artists’ presentations
• Questions, discussion
• One-on-one discussion with the artists

Long Street Bridge – Today

NO RT H

Long Street Bridge with Cap

Cultural Wall

20‐ft from curbside parking 28‐ft from travel lane

Landscaped Cap

Long St

Lester Dr. Elijah Pierce

Long Street Bridge Cultural Wall

Conceptual Rendering

• Cultural Wall spans 240 feet
• Sixty 4 x 8-ft panels
• Two dimensional images, digitally reproduced
• Mounted to a concrete wall
• Landscaped area

Long Street Cultural Wall

Conceptual Rendering – Street Level

Cultural Wall Rendering

Conceptual View from Sidewalk

NO RT H

Cultural Wall

At Night (Conceptual)

• Design placed within panels

with 2-inch frame

• Subtly illuminated

Cultural Wall Advisory Committee

• Mr. Jim Arter, Greater Columbus Arts Council
• Rev. Carl Allen, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
• Ms. Suzan Bradford, Lincoln Theater
• Ms. Lori Baudro, City of Columbus
• Mr. Marc Conte, Discovery District Special Improvement District
• Mr. Mark Corna, King Arts Complex
• Dr. Victor Davis, Trinity Baptist Church
• Ms. Deneen Day, Donald Day Foundation
• Mr. Al Edmondson, A Cut Above the Rest
• Ms. Fran Figueroa-Jackson, Roots Gallery
• Mr. Tony Hutchins, Gideon Development, Inc.
• Dr. Evelyn Luckey, neighborhood leader
• Dr. George Miller, Black Arts Plus
• Ms. Katharine Moore, Jefferson Center
• Ms. Demetries Neely, King Arts Complex
• Ms. Zakijah McGee, Shiloh Baptist Church
• Ms. Nancy Turner, Columbus Arts Museum
• Mr. Nate Oliver, Columbus Metropolitan Library
• Ms. Missy Ricksecker, Discovery District Development Corporation
• Mr. Marshall Shorts, Soul Theory Design
• Ms. Barbara Smith-Allen, Columbus State Community College
• Dr. Toni Smith, The Ohio State University
• Mr. Duncan Snyder, Columbus College of Art and Design
• Mr. John Waddy, John Waddy, Jr. Law Office
• Ms. Annie Womack, Long Street Business Association

Cultural Wall Goals

Developed with public and Advisory Committee Input

• Artistically honor and celebrate the history and

culture of the Bronzeville community, located east and west of I-71 (King-Lincoln and Discovery Districts)

• Tell a story in a visually compelling way
• Create a signature, iconic feature – the first of its

kind in the state of Ohio

• Include the community in the decision-making

process

Cultural Wall Process

• Dec. 2011 – Convened Advisory Committee (AC)
• Jan. 2012 – Finalized submission guidelines with AC
• Feb.6 – Issued call for proposals (via arts community,

mailings and media)

• Feb 16 – Briefed interested artists
• March 21 – Draft proposals received
• April 11 – AC invited two finalists to further refine

concepts

• June 8 – More detailed artists’ concepts submitted
• June 21 – Public unveiling of concepts

Next Steps in the Process

• July 6: Public comments due
• Mid-July: AC reconvenes to review comments and

recommend a concept for the wall. Artists are notified.

• Mid-July/Mid-August: Artist(s) refines concept
• August: Concept presented to the Columbus Arts

Commission (CAC)

• September: Final refinements, if needed per AC and

CAC input

• November 2012/Summer, 2013: Final

production/fabrication of the Cultural Wall begins

• Fall, 2013: Public unveiling of the Cultural Wall

Artist Eligibility Requirements

• Any artist, photographer, or any team of artists

and/or photographers, designers, historians and/or writers, with a personal connection to Bronzeville (Discovery and King-Lincoln Districts)

• Must have been born, resided, worked, or

attended school or church in the area or are located there today

– From Leonard Ave. (north) to Livingston Rd. (south), Cleveland Ave (west) to Nelson/Alum Creek Rd. (east) – Or Leonard Ave (north) to Broad St (south), Cleveland Ave (west) to Woodland Ave. (east)

The Artists

Bettye Stull, Curatorial Consultant

• Larry Winston Collins
• Kojo Kamau

The Artists’ Concepts

Larry Winston Collins

The Artists’ Concepts

Kojo Kamau

Combined Concept

Kojo Kamau and Larry Winston Collins

Questions? Comments?

Next Steps

• Fill out your comment form (return tonight or by

July 6)

• The Advisory Group and ODOT will review your

comments and select an approach

• Draft recommendation to be presented to the

Columbus Arts Commission in August

• Refinements made September - October 2012
• Production begins– November to Summer, 2013
• Unveil wall – Fall, 2013

Closing Remarks

Brad Jones, PE Project Manager, ODOT, Columbus Crossroads